Romney holds town hall in Muskego, says Obama 'broke a lot of promises'

Mitt Romney held a 50-minute town hall meeting at a Muskego business Saturday, telling hundreds of supporters:

“This President has failed us. He didn’t get the economy turned around like he should have. He didn’t (reduce) the deficits like he should have. He didn’t reform entitlements ... like he should have. He didn’t get Iran to step away from its nuclear ambition like he should have …. He didn’t bring us together like he should have, like he promised. He broke a lot of promises.”

Romney was introduced by Janesville Cong. Paul Ryan, who endorsed him Friday. In interviews before the event, several Wisconsin voters in the crowd said that Ryan’s endorsement had convinced them to back Romney in the GOP primary Tuesday.

Wearing blue jeans and a button-down shirt with the sleeves rolled up, Romney made introductory remarks for about 13 minutes and took question for 24 minutes at InPro Corporation, which makes building materials.

Romney promised the crowd, “I’m going to cut a lot of programs,” mentioning the new health care law, funding for Planned Parenthood, and funding for PBS.

At one point during the question-answer session, Romney mentioned hearing the term “Wisconsinite” and asked people in the audience if that’s what people from Wisconsin called themselves.

“Do you know what you call someone from Michigan? Michiganders,” said Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts who grew up in Michigan. “How about people from Massachusetts?”

A supporter yelled out, “Mr. President!”

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Craig Gilbert is the Journal Sentinel's Washington Bureau Chief and writes the Wisconsin Voter blog about politics and elections.